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Book SynopsisCollege still looks like it did a century ago, with instructors delivering lectures to silent rows of students. Yet research shows unambiguously that active learning is more effective and inclusive.
The New College Classroom translates the evidence into hands-on guidance for teachers in every discipline and institution, so all students can excel.
Trade ReviewOffers a wealth of examples of how to make lecture classes less listless and seminars less silent, while making students into more independent, creative and active learners…An ideal guide to innovative ways to facilitate and deepen student learning. Everyone who teaches (or hopes to teach) college, will find this book a provocative and stimulating source of ideas about how to make our classrooms more equitable, participatory and interactive. -- Steven Mintz * Inside Higher Ed *
A practical guide to more effective and engaged college teaching, with an emphasis on how to promote active learning among college students. -- Michael T. Nietzel * Forbes *
A pedagogical treasure trove, Davidson and Katopodis’s new book illuminates exciting and inspiring ways we can build on these histories of activist teaching. It is required reading for educators who aspire to follow in the footsteps of our predecessors by teaching students not only to navigate the world, but to change it. -- Danica Savonick * Public Books *
The New College Classroom is a guidebook and a DIY manifesto for change in college teaching…This book can help any instructor striving for just and excellent teaching. * Margaret Fuller Society *
In a book that is both inspirational and deeply practical, Davidson and Katopodis offer classroom instructors all the tools they need to transform traditional classrooms into learning environments that engage and empower twenty-first-century students. Grounded in cognitive science and classroom-tested examples from across the globe,
The New College Classroom belongs in the hands of any educator—regardless of academic discipline—truly interested in changing students’ lives with effective teaching. -- Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About RaceDavidson and Katopodis promise the moon: to provide ways for instructors to help every student learn, while also reducing the burdens for both teachers and students. Spoiler alert: they deliver! Whatever your goals—equity, effectiveness, deep learning, even enjoyment—you will find clear, practical ideas about active, participatory, student-centered learning. There’s something for every teacher, however experienced, and in any field. Read this book! -- Susan D. Blum, author of
UngradingThe New College Classroom is one of the first books to address the challenge of transforming post-secondary education. In a clear, comprehensive, and compelling manner, the authors show classrooms where active and engaged learning is happening and explain the teaching practices that make the difference. This book is a must-read for every teacher and administrator in higher education. -- Tony Wagner, author of
The Global Achievement GapBold, brilliant, and beautiful. Davidson and Katopodis challenge us to reimagine what happens in the classroom so that it becomes a capacious place of learning and engagement for both students and teachers. They offer theoretical insight, but more importantly they share strategies, ideas, and examples to help spark our own creativity. In the process, they provide us with a vision of possibility for the spaces, indeed the very worlds, we inhabit. -- Farah Jasmine Griffin, author of
Read Until You UnderstandFree of jargon, respectful of the ever-increasing workload of the professoriate, and passionate about the transformative potential of higher education, this book should be read by every educator and administrator, from those brand new to teaching to those who have been at it for decades. -- Jody Greene, Founding Director of the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning, University of California, Santa Cruz
